Jiwajirao Scindia

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Sir George Jiwajirao Scindia KStJ (26 June 1916 – 16 July 1961) was the monarch of the Gwalior state during the British Raj and later the Rajpramukh (Governor) of the Indian state of Madhya Bharat. Jiwajirao was the Maharaja, of the princely state of Gwalior in central India from 1925 until 1947. After the state was absorbed into independent India, he was granted a privy purse, certain privileges, and the use of the title Maharaja of Gwalior by the Government of India, which he retained until his death in 1961. He also served as the rajpramukh (governor) of the state of Madhya Bharat until 1956. The monarch also famously teamed up with Late Shri Gangaram Govind “Babasaheb” Gawde to start The Maratha Mandir Cinema and the larger Maratha Mandir Trust, which has grown to a very prominent charitable trust in the state of Maharashtra and South Bombay.

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